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By The Associated Press With quarterback Joe Burrow and an overhauled offensive line, the Cincinnati Bengals like their chances of getting back to a Super Bowl after an improbable run to the big game last season. The improved offensive line should also be good for featured back Joe Mixon, who was great last year despite

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have cut their third kicker of training camp, letting go Ryan Santoso after three preseason games. The Jaguars, who previously cut Andrew Mevis and Elliott Fry, are expected to be awarded former Los Angeles Chargers kicker James McCourt off waivers later Tuesday. He was waived Monday, and the

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — With two teams playing in an empty stadium hundreds of miles away from their hometowns, the Ukrainian soccer league has started its new season after a poignant ceremony paying tribute to those fighting in the war with Russia. The opening match at Kyiv’s

By The Associated Press Tennessee has the second-longest active streak of consecutive winning seasons at six and trails only Kansas City’s stretch of nine straight. The Titans have won back-to-back AFC South titles and reached the playoffs the past three seasons. The Titans earned the AFC’s No. 1 seed with the franchise’s best record since

By MICHAEL MAROT The Indianapolis Colts believe the Matt Ryan-Jonathan Taylor combination will create more offensive balance. They’re also counting on Yannick Ngakoue and Stephon Gilmore to reinforce a young defense. Coach Frank Reich thinks it can lead to a deep playoff run. First, though, Indy must find some complementary receivers to Michael Pittman Jr.

By The Associated Press The Denver Broncos have changed head coaches, starting quarterbacks and even owners since going 7-10 last season and extending their playoff drought to six seasons. New owner Rob Walton paid a world sports record $4.65 billion for the franchise and second-year general manager George Payton hired new head coach Nathaniel Hackett

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Iñaki Williams is belatedly getting his chance to play at a World Cup thanks to his African roots. He is enjoying yet another season as an indisputable starter for Athletic Bilbao in Spain but will also be playing international soccer. Ghana has been looking to recruit

By The Associated Press The Patriots had a clear agenda to improve this offseason following a blowout wild-card playoff loss to Buffalo. It started on offense, where Bill Belichick brought in some help at receiver for second-year quarterback Mac Jones, adding DeVante Parker. He also added some veteran talent at linebacker to help improve what

The Associated Press With Josh Allen at quarterback and the addition of Von Miller to upgrade Buffalo’s pass rush, the Bills are built to be AFC contenders for a third consecutive season. The two-time defending AFC East champs enter the season with one of their deepest lineups, and few question marks on either side of

By The Associated Press The Baltimore Ravens were among the group of teams that could reasonably shoot for a Super Bowl appearance before last season. Then they went 8-9 amid a slew of injuries. If you view 2021 as an injury-fueled aberration, then high hopes are still plausible for this team. Certainly anything less than

By The Associated Press The Las Vegas Raiders made a couple of big changes after making the playoffs last season for the second time in the past 19 years. The Raiders hired Josh McDaniels as coach to replace Rich Bisaccia and then made a big trade for star receiver Davante Adams in hopes of sparking

By The Associated Press The New York Jets have more talent on their roster than last year and maybe more than they’ve had in recent years. But Zach Wilson’s knee injury threw a wrench into things since New York isn’t quite sure when it’ll have him back and this season is about his progress. If

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer College football has been around the world since Ireland first hosted a game more than 30 years ago, with locales as disparate as Tokyo and Toronto staging games. Australians loved the touchdowns and halftime theatrics, not to mention the hot dogs and beer, the latter of which ran out

LONDON (AP) — A tennis fan who was temporarily removed from Centre Court during the men’s Wimbledon final following a complaint by Nick Kyrgios is taking legal action against the Australian tennis player for what she describes as a “reckless and entirely baseless allegation.” Kyrgios complained to the umpire during a changeover in his match

By JOHN FINERAN Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Al Golden is Notre Dame’s third defensive coordinator in three seasons. The first two became head football coaches: Clark Lea left for Vanderbilt and Marcus Freeman is now Notre Dame’s first-year head coach. Golden is a former defensive coordinator and head coach in college and